Sign the Lake Road Cycle Lane Petition - Now Please

A very active petition is under way now, for the North Shore cycle lane. I've just checked out comments left by recent signatories.


Here's a selection:

2558
Name: Ryan CrawCour on Feb 2, 2010
Comments: Cycle Lanes should be kept. In fact with Auckland's traffic congestion problems more cycle lanes should be developed and people encouraged to ride more and drive less. It will make for a fitter, happier nation!
2559
Name: Anonymous on Feb 2, 2010
Comments: I think new zealand is very "unfriendly" to byciclists.it is very dangerous to drive with a bike on new zealand roads,and I think if there were more cycling lanes then more people would use their bikes,so it would aalso be more environmental frindly.
2560
Name: Jared Scollay on Feb 2, 2010
Comments: The North Shore is congested and dangerous of cycling - the number of cycles lanes and their coverage needs to be extended not reduced.
2561
Name: Natalie Jessup on Feb 2, 2010
Comments: We REALLY need to keep more cycle lanes! The North Shore has been so ahead in many other things (recycling, bus lanes) so please keep the bike lanes and make more.

YOU need to sign this petition, and get your friends to sign it too.

Here's the introduction to the petition from Bronwyn Jones who has organised the petition and who will be presenting it to North Shore City Council next week:

Dear all,

We need another 500 signatures by 8 Feb, which is just 10 days away, on the residents’ petition to save the Lake Road cycle lanes. Please get one or two, or even three, or more people onto the online petition. Family members (kids ok), work colleagues, friends, whoever. Anyone from the Shore or Greater Auckland (Lake Rd is an arterial route and part of the Regional Road Plan), who has not signed already. Or, email me for a Word doc of the petition sheet and circulate a hard copy.

Why the hurry? We need to present the petition to the NSCC Infrastructure & Environment Cttee (which includes transport, cycling etc) on the evening of 9 Feb. Council officers will present a report recommending that the cycle lanes be left as is and they need the petition as support. The chairman, Ken McKay keeps saying that the council “cannot ignore the views of 2,700 people” from the anti cycle lane petition and we have to send a clear message to the council that there is a lot of support for the lanes, more than the antis. So far, we have about 2,700 names (2k online, once the double ups are deleted; 730 from our own efforts circulating the petition at events). We need to get well over that 3,000 mark.

Please forward this email or get onto the petition online and get the names of those who haven’t signed in there: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/lakeroadcyclelane/

There is a tab at the top that allows you to see who has signed. Ignore the donation page that pops up after you have signed – just click out of it.

Thank you, everyone, for helping with this. Our efforts at events have shown us that this issue is bigger than just our local interests. People who support safety on the roads WANT to sign.
Apologies if you get this email more than once. Thank you so much if you have signed.

Thanks and regards
Bronwyn,

SAVE THE LAKE ROAD CYCLE LANES. SIGN THE I-PETITION AT:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/lakeroadcyclelane/

So. What are you waiting for?

You support cycling don't you?

Even if you're not a North Shore cyclist, you can see that this is an exemplary project that needs support so it gets the Council support it needs, so it develops into an exemplar for all Auckland.

Won't take you long.